Consultant Undergrad Internship Trajectory

Use the search function.

Consultancy is a lot more about industry experience, and many firms are also willing to consider you if you're from 'abnormal' backgrounds.

In IB, the process seems to be stricter and more regimented. Junior internship > FT > MBA > Associate.

While the OP should have used the search function, a few thoughts:

• Only a fraction of full-time consultants had summer internships. There are simply far fewer summer internships to go around. Given the supply and demand for those limited slots, getting one is very hard
• Consulting firms look at the whole package -- SAT score, GPA (in some cases, alums from your school look at your transcript to put things in the proper context), extracurriculars, and yes work experience all factor into who gets an interview. You have some control over some of these elements. Once you get an interview, it's then all up to your performance -- many resources exist to help on this
• This may be a bit too much of a generalization, but I would say that the IB process cares more about your ability to crank out output and your desire for the job (IB generally and the firm in particular). Consulting cares more about raw intelligence and critical thinking. While networking can be helpful in consulting, it is generally not necessary -- you can get an interview without networking, and if you nail every interview you will get an offer. Obviously, many top people can get offers from both industries, but they are looking for slightly different things

Is their a set interview schedule for recruiting out of undergrad? When should one start doing case reviews in college to prepare for FT interviews?

^ I'll be searching for answers to just figured I'd post as well.